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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Classic Folded Crêpes with Lemon Sugar and Fresh Lemon Wedges

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite..."Bring out your dead." The line comes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail and it popped into my head in the doctor's office this morning. Plague Flu has hit our community with a vengeance and there wasn't an empty chair in the waiting room of his large practice. I, alas, occupied one of the chairs. Flu had not felled me, but bronchitis claimed me for its own. I'll be fine in a couple of days, but I plan to take things easy, so I hope you won't be disappointed with a few days of really simple recipes. As it happens, the dessert I'm featuring tonight is one of my all-time favorites and it certainly falls into that really simple category. I normally make the crêpes myself and I am including the recipe I use for them in tonight's post, but, truth be told, I used the store-bought variety for our dessert this evening. If you decide to try the crêpes using a commercial variety, you will still want to take a look at the recipe, which contains instructions for filling and folding them. If you have 8 large crepes on hand you can call this dish your own, and, interestingly enough, a few spoonfuls of lemon sugar and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice will produce a dessert even sophisticated guests will love. I make lemon sugar by stirring the finely grated zest of one large lemon into two cups of sugar. I store it in a mason jar on my pantry shelf and use it for tea as well as desserts. The third required element for this dessert is a quantity of lemon wedges whose juice is squeezed over still warm crêpes. You'll have to try this treat in order to understand why I hold it in such high regard. The crêpes are spare, simple and scrumptious and I know those of you who try them will love them as much as I do. It is best to serve them warm. Here's how they are made.

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The addition of the lemon sugar sounds divine! I am so sorry you are ill, but at least it is not the flu. It is an epidemic here, too. They are telling people not to go to their doctor uless it is really serious.

I work in a local hospital and not only have we all gotten our flu shots but we are at the point of wearing masks too! We have been hit hard by the flu here in northern Virginia. Love the crepes Mary and hope you are feeling better soon!

Hi Mary! Sorry I haven't been by for some time but I just realised I had removed ALL my blogs by mistake! Duh. Anyway, what a fantastic photograph this is! Get well soon and don't worry, simple really IS best!

I've only always done Julia's crepes. These are a wee bit different - but the fresh lemon just brings me in. A little spring with my MN winter is called for. I hope you are on the mend soon but you are right to just take it easy. Simple. Love simple.

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